Billy Consolo
1953–1962 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60)
605G
.221AVG
.315OBP
.289SLG
More career statistics
260H
9HR
83RBI
9SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,178 | 1,179 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 10 | 11 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,363 | 1,361 |
| Batting · Walks | 161 | 158 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605 | 1,363 | 1,178 | 158 | 260 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 83 | 161 | 297 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 340 | .221 | .315 | .289 | .604 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1957-05-29 to 1957-07-19
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1959-09-01 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1957-07-11 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1953-09-01 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 311 | 731 | 126 | 6 | 42 | 92 | 152 | .202 | .298 | .270 |
| Away | 294 | 630 | 134 | 3 | 41 | 66 | 145 | .241 | .317 | .309 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 50 | 103 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | .211 | .301 | .322 |
| May | 112 | 162 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 38 | .179 | .253 | .234 |
| June | 71 | 138 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 40 | .192 | .261 | .232 |
| July | 132 | 349 | 73 | 1 | 26 | 39 | 78 | .242 | .321 | .311 |
| August | 139 | 358 | 72 | 3 | 22 | 45 | 78 | .235 | .327 | .300 |
| September | 100 | 248 | 45 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 49 | .217 | .323 | .285 |
| October | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 87 | 195 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 41 | .201 | .308 | .262 |
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 203 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 44 | .222 | .310 | .239 |
| chicago-white-sox | 78 | 156 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 44 | .163 | .237 | .191 |
| baltimore-orioles | 78 | 210 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 39 | .242 | .319 | .333 |
| detroit-tigers | 74 | 167 | 37 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 41 | .243 | .275 | .329 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 59 | 108 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 19 | .242 | .324 | .305 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 56 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | .237 | .339 | .344 |
| boston-red-sox | 38 | 122 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 24 | .189 | .336 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 47 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .215 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 91 | 242 | 55 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .227 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 8 | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 48 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | – | – |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox | 68 | 196 | 53 | 4 | 19 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1958 | Boston Red Sox | 46 | 72 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .125 | – | – |
| 1959 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 89 | 216 | 46 | – | 10 | 1 | .213 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 101 | 174 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 1 | .207 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Minnesota Twins | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1962 | Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), Philadelphia Phillies | 95 | 179 | 41 | – | 16 | 3 | .229 | – | – |